Her story will become entangled with theirs, as they each lean on one another for their own needs, and slowly she will get to know exactly who each of these strange bedfellows are, and what they have themselves run from in their old lives.Īs she gets closer to her goals, new troubles and woes reveal themselves like nested matryoshka dolls. Along the way, she meets the other inhabitants of this undiscovered country: a band of castouts and pariahs from the old world, all seeking to make a new life in a place far away from their old troubles. She casts a haunted figure, and has come to seek the fabled knowledge of a race of long-dead ancients on the edge of the world, in hopes of finding a way to reclaim something which was lost to her. Hazelnut Bastille is the story of a young woman who has just arrived on the shores of a savage, foreign land for the first time. We hope you will come with us in our quest to bring the rigor and polish of the past back to today's gaming scene! We have striven to deconstruct the classics of the SNES to extract all of the superior design principles behind their mechanics and level design, to understand exactly what made them so peerlessly great, even by today's terms. And the similarity isn't merely skin-deep. In our quest for period greatness, we have even enlisted the help of one of the great composers straight out of this time, the famed Hiroki Kikuta, best known for his Secret of Mana OST at Square in '93. ![]() even the camera and transitions are authentic to the game experiences of 1994. There is also a central focus on sequential and lateral thinking puzzles, which ramp up in difficulty quickly as the player is introduced to new ideas.Īll of this is presented in a glorious 16-bit character, where everything from the art style and content, sound, music. A real-time, highly tactical combat system is employed where the player needs to carefully read the screen and look at each room as a novel challenge. The game features a complex, characters-driven narrative that deals with timeless life and social issues. Hazelnut Bastille is a lush, topdown Zelda-like ARPG currently being developed for PC, Mac & Linux (as well as Nintendo Switch & Playstation 4, with enough Kickstarter support!). Godspeed.Kickstarter trailer | Website | Demo | Dev Log Hazelnut Bastille is slated for a future Steam release only - for now. Godspeed, Aloft Studio. Given that Hazelnut Bastille has already earned over half of its goal in just three days, we think there’s a pretty good chance this one will make it to the finish line. The Kickstarter will run until November 29, and has been available since October 25. Puzzles, bosses, and dungeons (oh my!) await intrigued players. The demo has around three hours of stand-alone gameplay that’s a reflection of Hazelnut Bastille, rather than a slice of it. She will befriend a band of Castouts and Knaves living on the fringe of the world, as she unravels the mysteries of a vast and unknowable past!” “HAZELNUT BASTILLE tells the story of one lone young woman who will brave terrible odds in order to retrieve something that was taken from her. ![]() ![]() A demo is available for your enjoyment, giving potential Kickstarter supporters a little nugget of the goodness that’s to come. ![]() Boasting delicious period-specific pixel art and Zelda-inspired gameplay, Hazelnut Bastille promises a trip down memory lane that’s agreeable, fresh, and fully worth taking. Currently on Kickstarter and with a month to go, Hazelnut Bastille is yet another fine specimen of the retro wave cascading across the indie genre.
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